visit his encampment.
54 Sometimes some of the young students were also invited to visit. To
them this was a reward and great honor. Many of them received personal
instruction from The Hawk.
55 The Lady Hawk took careful precautions that the young ladies not get
too involved with their heroic teacher. This was often a losing battle,
but Swift Deer's presence and the young visitors made life very
enjoyable.
56 Other friends were not forgotten, either. Gray Boar and Shining
Serpent were also frequent visitors. The Lady Hawk was always glad to
see someone from her homeland, and the two often went off to The Temple
of The One in a nearby village to worship. It was a village of The
Gentle One, but at least it was their own temple.
57 The Hawk permitted his Lady to keep her religious symbols in her
room, though some of the servants refused to enter it. He understood
her need for her own faith.
58 One day, as The Lady Hawk returned from one of her 'worship
expeditions,'
as she called it, she brought The Hawk strange news. "You know that
dear woman that kept coming to you," she commented, "about her son?"
59 "Yes," The Hawk answered, "I remember very well! Her son had
committed a horrible crime, and she was sure he had gone to The
Darkness. She wanted me to help him. I had reassured her many times, that as soon as The Lords could help
him, They would. They tended each person in The Darkness, and as soon
as They were able, brought them to The Light. But there was no magic,
no way this process could be speeded up. It was up to each individual
Spirit. The Lords could only wait until they were ready."
60 "Well, she must have found someone with a different view," The Lady
Hawk told him, "for as I left worship today, she came up to me and told
me that her son was now free. She had gone to a Temple in Eastern and
given her life